Gas-stove.



C. S. DANGLEH & G. E. HILTON.

GAS STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY]. 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

wa k wows WITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

CLIFFORD S. DANGLER AND GEORGE E. HILTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN STOVE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAS-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 26,620.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CLIFFORD S. DANG- LEE and Greece E. HILTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Stoves, of which the following is a. specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to improvements in gas stoves.

The object of our invention is to provide means for holding the splasher plates firmly in place inthe corners of our improved gas stove and dispensing with the usual screw or bolts and at the same time holding the plates so that they can be removed.

Another object of our invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective means for holding the splasher plates and having certain details of construction and operation hereinafter more fully set forth.

-In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved stove showing the two splasher plates secured in position by our improved holding means. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the improved holding'means- Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line of Fig. 3.

In gas stoves or ranges of the character shown in the drawing in rear of the burner 1 there are arranged the splasher plates 2 and 3 which have heretofore been bolted or otherwise secured, and in so securing them the enamel was often chipped which disfigured the plate and at the same time the plate could not be readily removed for cleaning.

In carrying out our invention we provide in the corner between the end 4 of the oven and the back 5 of the stove at the rear of the burnersour improved holding means 6. This holding means consists of a vertically disposed sheet metal plate 7 extending from the top of the stove 8 to the shelf 9 supported by the rear wall of the stove. Ihis plate, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing is bent at right angles forming the two portions 10 and 11 and at the junction'of the two memberslO and 11, the sheet is looped inwardly as indicated at 12, the side Walls 13 and 14 of said looped portion extending at an obtuse angle to the portions 10 and 11, so that the spaces between the portions 10 and 11 at the outer ends of the walls 13 and 14 are less than the distance between the plates 10 and 11 at the inner ends of the walls. By this arrangement it will be understood that when the two splasher plates 2 and 3 are forced inwardly between the portions 10 and 11 and the walls 13 and 1%, they are firmly clamped therein and rigidly held against outward movement. These splasher plates and 3, as shown in Fig. l of the drawing, rest upon the top 8 of the stove and therefore the looped portion of the holding means does not have to support the splasher plates against the vertical movement but simply hold them against horizontal outward movement. It will be seen that all that is necessary to remove the splasher plates is to move them longitudinally and the metal of the loop 12 will spring so that the splasher plates 2 and 8 can be withdrawn. This enables the splasher plates to be removed and washed when desired, and enables them to be readily inserted af ter being washed. lVhile we have shown and described this specific means of supporting the splasher plate by a single means in the corner at the junction of the side of the oven and the back of the stove, it will be understood that the same could be varied without departing from our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a stove structure, the combination of vertical walls arranged at an angle to 7 each other, of a vertically disposed plate secured at the corner of said walls and having a looped central portion forming a clamping member adapted to clamp the adjacent edges of said walls.

2. In a stove structure, the combination of two walls arranged at an angle to each other with adjacent parallel edges, of a corner member having a looped central portion and extending longitudinally the said adjacent edges of the walls and forming a clamping member therefor.

3. In a stove structure, the combination of two walls arranged at an angle to each other with adjacent parallel edges, of a corner member having a looped portion between and extending longitudinally the said adjacent edges of the walls and forming a clamping member, the arms of the corner member extending beyond the looped portion.

4. The combination with a gas stove having an oven at one side of the top burners, of a vertically disposed plate secured in the corner at the junction of the side of the oven and the back of the stove, and having a looped central portion forming a clamping member adapted to clamp the splasher plates arranged at right angles to each other and parallel to the side of the oven and the back of the stove.

5. The combination with a gas stove having an oven at one side of the top burners, of a triangular plate secured in the corner at the junction oi one side of the oven and q the back of the stove and having a vertically disposed central looped portion adapted to form pockets to receive and clamp the splasher plates in their vertical position sub stantially as shown and described.

6. The combination with a gas stove having a side and back above the burners, or" a right angular plate secured in the corner at the junction of the side and back and havin a looped central portion forming clamping Walls for clamping the splasher plates and holding them in a vertical position, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination with a gas stove having a side and back above the burners a vertically disposed angular plate secured to the top and back at the junction thereof and having an outwardly looped portion arranged to form two vertically disposed receiving pockets for receiving the splasher plates and clamping them therein, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination with a gas stove of a clamping member having a looped central portion adapted to clamp and support the splasher plates in their proper position at right angles to each other.

9. The combination with a gas stove, of a clamping member having a looped central portion adapted to clamp the splasher plates at right angles to each other. i V

10. The combination with a gas stove, of a vertically disposed plate secured to the stove and having a central looped portion forming clamping members adapted to clamp the splasher plates at right angles to each other, substantially as shown and described.

11. The combination with a gas stove having an oven at one side of the top burner, of a vertically disposed plate secured to the corner at the junction of the side. of the oven and the back of the stove, and having a rounded looped central portion forming a flexible clamping member adapted to clamp the splasher plates arranged at right angles to each other and parallel to the side of the oven and the back of the stove, whereby they may be removed or replaced transverse of the plate.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CLIFFORD S. DANGLER. GEORGE E. HILTON. WVitnesses:

D. EDWARD DANGLER, E. T. BUTLER.

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Washington, D. G. 

